All Things Digital Headlines for 11/16/2012

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Advertisement Articles for 11/16/2012 A Fresh Season of Apple Television Rumors Sprint Says It Will Have LTE-Equipped iPad Minis, 4th-Gen iPads in Stores on Friday Just in Time for the Holidays, Facebook Pushes "Gifts" Hard With More Retail Partnerships Twitter Confirms Peter Chernin to Join Board of Directors Mayer Brings Back Ex-Yahoo Rossiter to Lead Platforms (Memo Time!) Interview: RIM CEO on Taking BlackBerry 10 to the Finish Line and the Work That Remains The Good News Is Dell's Enterprise Business Is Growing. Then There's the Bad News. With New Features, Lytro Aims to Show Its Futuristic Camera Is No One-Trick Pony Goodbye to Daily Deals? Groupon Emphasizes Always-On Deals. Sprint Nextel Seeks OK to Transfer Some Assets to SoftBank Dell Results Fall Short of Expectations, but Shares Rally Anyway Election Night Was a Second Screen Extravaganza A Look Ahead at Dell's Earnings Commerce in a Box: Birchbox and Brit + Co. Launch New Subscription Services Thieves Take Off From JFK With $1.5 Million in iPads Zynga Treasurer Mike Gupta Leaves for Twitter Twitter Poised to Name Media Mogul Peter Chernin to Board of Directors Mozilla Posted $163M in Revenue in 2011 as It Shifted Focus to Mobile A Sneak Peek at "House of Cards," Netflix's First Big Bet on Original Content Zynga Launching Facebook Game Ruby Blast on Mobile Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Ships Today, but Already Backordered Until December 3 YouTube Blocks Israeli Hamas Assassination Video -- And Puts It Back Up Again As Facebook Gears Up for E-Commerce Holidays, Social Gifting Start-Ups Buckle Down Google Launches Ingress, a Worldwide Mobile Alternate Reality Game Read Kara Follow Kara Subscribe to Kara Read Walt Follow Walt Subscribe to Walt Read Katie Follow Katie Subscribe to Katie Read John Follow John Subscribe to John Read Peter Follow Peter Subscribe to Peter Read Liz Follow Liz Subscribe to Liz Read Ina Follow Ina Subscribe to Ina Read Tricia Follow Tricia Subscribe to Tricia Read Arik Follow Arik Subscribe to Arik Read Lauren Follow Lauren Subscribe to Lauren Read Bonnie Follow Bonnie Subscribe to Bonnie Read Mike Follow Mike Subscribe to Mike Follow us on: iPhone app E-Readers Facebook Twitter RSS A Fresh Season of Apple Television Rumors John Paczkowski Nov 16, 2012 04:13 am The long-rumored Apple Television may be in the pipeline, but it's probably not just around the corner. read more » Sprint Says It Will Have LTE-Equipped iPad Minis, 4th-Gen iPads in Stores on Friday Ina Fried Nov 15, 2012 09:04 pm Sprint says it has limited quantities of Apple's new tablets in its stores. read more » Just in Time for the Holidays, Facebook Pushes "Gifts" Hard With More Retail Partnerships Mike Isaac Nov 15, 2012 05:52 pm As I reported earlier that it would, Facebook announced a series of new retail partnerships at an event on Thursday evening, adding brands like the Gap, Fab and Dean & DeLuca to the list of choices from which Facebook users can buy one another using the company's "Gifts" product. The partnership also adds a number of non-physical gifting options to Facebook's roster, as well, including subscriptions from Hulu, Rdio and Pandora. read more » Twitter Confirms Peter Chernin to Join Board of Directors Mike Isaac Nov 15, 2012 05:32 pm Just like we reported earlier today, Twitter has announced, via a Twitter message, that Peter Chernin, Hollywood mogul and former New York media exec, will join the microblogging service's board of directors. Chernin has held previous positions at News Corp. (which owns this site), and was key in the formation of the Hulu online TV service. He currently also holds a board seat at Pandora, the streaming music service. read more » Mayer Brings Back Ex-Yahoo Rossiter to Lead Platforms (Memo Time!) Kara Swisher Nov 15, 2012 04:56 pm Everything old is new again. read more » Interview: RIM CEO on Taking BlackBerry 10 to the Finish Line and the Work That Remains Ina Fried Nov 15, 2012 04:37 pm Thorsten Heins tells AllThingsD that RIM has built a phone that will appeal to both businesses and consumers and will help win back ground lost to Android and the iPhone. read more » The Good News Is Dell's Enterprise Business Is Growing. Then There's the Bad News. Arik Hesseldahl Nov 15, 2012 04:20 pm The bad news outweighs the good. read more » With New Features, Lytro Aims to Show Its Futuristic Camera Is No One-Trick Pony Ina Fried Nov 15, 2012 03:30 pm With a software update, past and present photos can now be shown in three dimensions as well as be transformed with a variety of "living" filters. read more » Goodbye to Daily Deals? Groupon Emphasizes Always-On Deals. Tricia Duryee Nov 15, 2012 03:21 pm Today, in New York and Chicago, consumers will start seeing a new Groupon, where offers will be browsable and searchable -- and won't disappear after a set period of time. read more » Sprint Nextel Seeks OK to Transfer Some Assets to SoftBank John Paczkowski Nov 15, 2012 03:09 pm SoftBank's $20 billion takeover of Sprint Nextel is moving ahead according to plan, but as with any transaction of this size, there are lots of moving parts to address and agencies to appease. And so, on Thursday the two companies filed a document with the Federal Communications Commission seeking approval to transfer control of a number of Sprint assets to SoftBank. Among those assets: Sprint's FCC licenses and its prospective de jure controlling interest in Clearwire's licenses. The companies expect to complete the deal by mid-2013. read more » Dell Results Fall Short of Expectations, but Shares Rally Anyway Arik Hesseldahl Nov 15, 2012 01:14 pm It could have been worse. read more » Election Night Was a Second Screen Extravaganza Peter Kafka Nov 15, 2012 12:39 pm Did you watch the returns with a remote in one hand and an iPhone in another? You had lots of company. read more » A Look Ahead at Dell's Earnings Arik Hesseldahl Nov 15, 2012 12:14 pm With PC demand slowing, expect slow sales. But that's all part of the plan. read more » Commerce in a Box: Birchbox and Brit + Co. Launch New Subscription Services Tricia Duryee Nov 15, 2012 12:04 pm The growing selection of subscription goodie boxes now includes offerings featuring home decor and crafts. read more » Thieves Take Off From JFK With $1.5 Million in iPads John Paczkowski Nov 15, 2012 11:23 am Nowhere close to the nearly $6 million in cash and jewelry taken from the same building by Jimmy the Gent and company in 1978, but, still ... read more » Zynga Treasurer Mike Gupta Leaves for Twitter Tricia Duryee Nov 15, 2012 10:43 am Zynga's treasurer, Mike Gupta, is leaving the social games company for Twitter, just two days after Zynga announced that it lost CFO David Wehner to Facebook. Bloomberg reports Twitter confirmed that Gupta, a former Yahoo exec, will be filling a similar role at the micro-blogging service. read more » Twitter Poised to Name Media Mogul Peter Chernin to Board of Directors Mike Isaac Nov 15, 2012 10:02 am Despite its protestations that Twitter isn't a media company, it sure does want a Hollywood bigwig on its board. read more » Mozilla Posted $163M in Revenue in 2011 as It Shifted Focus to Mobile Liz Gannes Nov 15, 2012 09:15 am The non-profit open Web advocate makes and spends a lot of money. read more » A Sneak Peek at "House of Cards," Netflix's First Big Bet on Original Content Peter Kafka Nov 15, 2012 08:43 am Kevin Spacey and David Fincher team up to make an HBO-like series. Reed Hastings has $100 million (or so) riding on it. read more » Zynga Launching Facebook Game Ruby Blast on Mobile Tricia Duryee Nov 15, 2012 08:08 am Zynga, which is trying hard to be less dependent on the Facebook platform, is launching one of its most popular titles on mobile. In an announcement today, it said Ruby Blast, a Match 3 puzzle game, will be available on Apple devices. Players will be able to play across both Facebook and mobile, while maintaining their current game play. Ruby Blast will soon launch on Android. read more » Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Ships Today, but Already Backordered Until December 3 John Paczkowski Nov 15, 2012 08:02 am Might be able to find one at Best Buy, though. read more » YouTube Blocks Israeli Hamas Assassination Video -- And Puts It Back Up Again Peter Kafka Nov 15, 2012 07:22 am Israel wants the world to see a clip of its military at work. Google's site took it down, but says that was a mistake. "Sometimes we make the wrong call." read more » As Facebook Gears Up for E-Commerce Holidays, Social Gifting Start-Ups Buckle Down Mike Isaac Nov 15, 2012 07:00 am Facebook is set to unveil an update to its Gifts feature, and all of the social gifting start-up competition is aflutter. read more » Google Launches Ingress, a Worldwide Mobile Alternate Reality Game Liz Gannes Nov 15, 2012 07:00 am This would be awesome with Google Glass. read more » Get the latest news & reviews on AllThingsD.com: News | Reviews | Mobile | Media | Social | Enterprise | Commerce | Conferences | Voices | Video | Jobs About Us | Contact Us | FAQ | Privacy Policy | Advertise | Send a Tip You are receiving this email because you are an All Things Digital Newsletter subscriber. Unsubscribe sojo.blo@gmail.com from this list. Our mailing address is: 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10036 © 2012 Dow Jones & Company Inc. All Rights Reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile